“A Musical Colony: Music in Blue Hill from 1885-ca. 1930”

Blue Hill, Maine - Betsey Wanning Harries, a long-time summer resident of Blue Hill and professor emerita at Smith College, will give a talk called A Musical Colony:  Music in Blue Hill from 1885-ca. 1930 at the Blue Hill Library on Wednesday, July 15, at 7:00. In the presentation she will explore the music-making of year-round residents and rusticators, focusing particularly on Franz Kneisel and the summer chamber music school he founded here, probably in 1902.


Betsey has been researching the history of Kneisel Hall and is particularly interested in why Franz Kneisel decided to spend his summers in Blue Hill and what made Blue Hill the right place for his teaching, playing, and conducting. She will discuss what she knows about the answers to these questions and other aspects of the history of music in Blue Hill.


This event is sponsored by the Library. There is no charge, and everyone is welcome. For more information, call the Library at 374-5515.